JESUIT – gadget@TTS -Ep55- Gateway P-171XL FX Laptop
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www.TheTechStop.net If you’re a gamer, you know that portability and performance don’t necessarily go together. Sure there have been a few notable efforts in making a mobile gaming platform, but none of them have hit that magic midpoint between price, performance and portability. Gateway wants to change all that with the release of their new P-Series of notebooks. These 10lb monsters packs a massive amount of features normally only found in high-end gaming desktops, and it does it at a price …
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:01 am
DeathToTheseWalls,
Such is the life of a nerd! — That’s one of the reasons why I never buy “bleeding edge” products. (Think first iPhone, first laptop, first OLED screen, etc.) They may be cool, and I like to review them so that I can show people what’s around the corner, but either wait two months or buy the third unit from the top to hit the price-performance sweet spot.
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Peace,
Fr. Robert
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:45 am
The modern-day model of this laptop costs $1050.
Changes in technology changes never cease to shock me.
December 22nd, 2009 at 2:33 am
Ah yes, I have one. What an incredible machine. I love my baby.
December 22nd, 2009 at 3:12 am
nojita,
That’s true… NOW… but not over a year ago when this notebook was reviewed.
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Peace,
Fr. Robert
December 22nd, 2009 at 3:19 am
there are quad notebooks … :S
December 22nd, 2009 at 3:41 am
h0tthings,
I asked them to send one to us for review… here’s hoping they want to come out and play!
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Peace,
Fr. Robert
December 22nd, 2009 at 4:33 am
check the quasimo from Toshiba
December 22nd, 2009 at 4:36 am
.,.,.
December 22nd, 2009 at 5:29 am
yes the 100 point difference in 3d05. IT DOESN”T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN GAMES
December 22nd, 2009 at 6:14 am
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December 22nd, 2009 at 6:46 am
wow gts suxs gt is better
December 22nd, 2009 at 7:08 am
Hmmm… I didn’t know that Jesus was into gadgets. I’m picking up the newer model at Bestbuy. So excited!!!
December 22nd, 2009 at 7:34 am
good point lol…
December 22nd, 2009 at 8:07 am
paranoid1414,
You may want to check the date of the review…
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Peace,
Fr. Robert
December 22nd, 2009 at 8:42 am
Lol…
…2k-3k???
its at best buy for 1.1k new =D imma have 2 get 1
December 22nd, 2009 at 9:32 am
orland44football,
That’s not a hardware problem. Check the BIOS and the power saving setting. You want to disallow the “Wake Up” due to LAN or USB activity.
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Peace,
Fr. Robert
December 22nd, 2009 at 9:46 am
I asked you in a message, not here. The reason was I didn’t know youtube blocks url:s in the posts. I also wrote you a message 5 minutes later (long before you posted this message) that I was wrong and apologized.
December 22nd, 2009 at 10:36 am
If we put everything else aside – you won’t get 24 fps with that laptop with the settings maxed. In max settings AA is included.
Although I do like the thorough overview regarding the specs and appearance.
December 22nd, 2009 at 11:23 am
In the end, if we are helpful, entertaining or provokative in any way, then I consider what we do to be a success. If not, then I thank you for watching and for taking the time to comment.
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Peace,
Fr. Robert
December 22nd, 2009 at 11:34 am
Listen, I appreciate your input… and believe me when I say that I’ve heard the same complaint many times before… but this is the way that I review. I do this in my free time because I really enjoy playing with good technology. I don’t make a living off of it, nor do any of our production sponsors pay us anything for a good review.
December 22nd, 2009 at 12:15 pm
That said, if you look at all of my reviews I have been consistent through the entire series because I don’t review bad products. I have explained several times that I receive many products in the lab. The ones I like (i.e. that I would actually use) I review. The ones that I don’t like get sent back to the manufacturer with a list of the things I found wrong with the product. There are plenty of negative review shows out there. If that’s what you want, then we’re not one of them.
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:10 pm
As for the lack of “negatives” — I think I spelled it out pretty clearly in that I mention that this isn’t a notebook for everybody. Like all well-designed products it has a paricular audience. This isn’t going to be your “daily drive” nor should you expect it to last through your cross-country flight. It’s heavy and large. It uses up a lot of battery power.
December 22nd, 2009 at 2:00 pm
You also need to remember that this was a review from A YEAR AGO. – Performance is a very subjective thing for those who live outside of benchmarks. My comparison was against other “gaming notebooks” from HP, Alienware, FN, etc. Given all that, I think that the 171 still holds up well even today.
December 22nd, 2009 at 2:35 pm
I do stand by the statement that running Crysis at 1920×1080 with max settings was pretty smooth. I don’t know what rig you are using, but this was my experience. — Remeber that I was testing experience, not FPS. 24FPS is all that you need for “smooth motion video” — It may not run up against a quad core a year later, but for its time it was a fantastic machine. At the time, Crysis at max settings was impossible on even a powerful rig. The 171 made it playable. I stand behind that 100%
December 22nd, 2009 at 2:43 pm
cardazio,
You’re not blocked. I never block somebody for voicing a dissenting opinion… I have only blocked those individuals who have either written racial slurs, disrespectful or biggotted comments, or SPAM. (And you are clearly not one of those.)